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Population Growth Rate by Country in 1977

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In the year 1977, the world experienced a population growth rate of 1.739% and global population grew with total of 73,293,675 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate was 🇪🇭Western Sahara with a rate of 17.0%. Closely followed by 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates with a population growth rate of 13.557%, and 🇩🇯Djibouti with 9.919% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate was 🇳🇺Niue with -2.07%. Followed by 🇰🇭Cambodia with a population growth rate of -1.788%, and 🇸🇷Suriname with -0.952% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate was Africa with a rate of 2.734%. Closely followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with a population growth rate of 2.335%, and Asia with a 1.887% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Central America had the highest population growth rate of 2.889%. Closely followed by Northern Africa with a population growth rate of 2.873%, and Western Africa with a 2.841% population growth.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that No income group available has the highest population growth rate of 2.956%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by High-income countries with a rate of only 0.84%.

Similar Population Metrics for 1977

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1977

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇪🇭Western Sahara 17.0% 13,139
2 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 13.557% 95,680
3 🇩🇯Djibouti 9.919% 25,083
4 🇶🇦Qatar 7.184% 16,312
5 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 6.609% 672
6 🇰🇼Kuwait 6.457% 80,500
7 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 6.336% 47,291
8 🇦🇩Andorra 5.313% 1,644
9 🇱🇾Libya 5.158% 131,076
10 🇧🇼Botswana 5.144% 41,498
11 🇴🇲Oman 5.138% 44,490
12 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 5.109% 447,237
13 🇧🇭Bahrain 4.901% 15,453
14 🇹🇻Tuvalu 4.439% 310
15 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 4.294% 649
16 🇸🇩Sudan 4.259% 624,522
17 🇬🇫French Guiana 4.183% 2,473
18 🇾🇹Mayotte 3.966% 1,802
19 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 3.785% 280,624
20 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 3.681% 3,238
21 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 3.588% 98
22 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 3.584% 625,525
23 🇲🇿Mozambique 3.551% 367,964
24 🇰🇪Kenya 3.437% 500,977
25 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 3.423% 274,809
26 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 3.422% 348
27 🇦🇴Angola 3.386% 254,327
28 🇮🇶Iraq 3.354% 415,885
29 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 3.354% 7,074
30 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 3.324% 961
31 🇧🇹Bhutan 3.315% 12,476
32 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 3.282% 234
33 🇲🇼Malawi 3.276% 183,851
34 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 3.258% 5,557
35 🇰🇲Comoros 3.203% 9,548
36 🇻🇺Vanuatu 3.198% 3,478
37 🇸🇿Eswatini 3.183% 17,262
38 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 3.181% 219
39 🇵🇫French Polynesia 3.179% 4,737
40 🇬🇲Gambia 3.153% 20,556
41 🇵🇰Pakistan 3.144% 2,277,888
42 🇭🇳Honduras 3.13% 107,700
43 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3.128% 1,090,745
44 🇾🇪Yemen 3.119% 260,370
45 🇯🇴Jordan 3.11% 62,368
46 🇹🇯Tajikistan 3.089% 114,382
47 🇬🇭Ghana 3.052% 330,366
48 🇳🇬Nigeria 3.017% 2,008,559
49 🇳🇮Nicaragua 3.017% 91,661
50 🇲🇽Mexico 2.987% 1,859,590
51 🇿🇲Zambia 2.983% 156,122
52 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.964% 242,879
53 🇱🇷Liberia 2.93% 51,804
54 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 2.908% 428,307
55 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.89% 403,634
56 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.879% 39,769
57 🇷🇼Rwanda 2.842% 135,918
58 🇳🇪Niger 2.834% 159,963
59 🇱🇸Lesotho 2.813% 36,414
60 🇲🇻Maldives 2.813% 4,269
61 🇸🇴Somalia 2.799% 124,512
62 🇩🇿Algeria 2.799% 479,591
63 🇲🇳Mongolia 2.755% 43,318
64 🇵🇭Philippines 2.745% 1,225,567
65 🇪🇨Ecuador 2.721% 204,232
66 🇿🇦South Africa 2.72% 739,713
67 🇳🇦Namibia 2.71% 25,095
68 🇵🇸State of Palestine 2.706% 36,189
69 🇧🇮Burundi 2.701% 106,086
70 🇹🇳Tunisia 2.677% 163,076
71 🇪🇷Eritrea 2.669% 40,821
72 🇨🇷Costa Rica 2.665% 59,309
73 🇺🇬Uganda 2.656% 328,557
74 🇲🇾Malaysia 2.636% 322,061
75 🇻🇳Viet Nam 2.611% 1,290,324
76 🇨🇲Cameroon 2.599% 202,602
77 🇲🇦Morocco 2.568% 467,505
78 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 2.547% 2,300
79 🇵🇪Peru 2.535% 411,201
80 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 2.517% 66,925
81 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.502% 606,852
82 🇧🇯Benin 2.491% 88,332
83 🇵🇾Paraguay 2.486% 70,905
84 🇬🇹Guatemala 2.472% 160,354
85 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 2.451% 36,284
86 🇮🇩Indonesia 2.438% 3,360,374
87 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 2.425% 155,580
88 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 2.423% 129,989
89 🇦🇲Armenia 2.42% 71,753
90 🇵🇦Panama 2.419% 44,106
91 🇬🇦Gabon 2.409% 16,741
92 🇸🇸South Sudan 2.405% 93,809
93 🇨🇬Congo 2.402% 40,973
94 🇪🇬Egypt 2.4% 974,000
95 🇧🇩Bangladesh 2.395% 1,871,485
96 🇧🇷Brazil 2.365% 2,695,028
97 🇹🇬Togo 2.337% 61,463
98 🇸🇳Senegal 2.303% 122,257
99 🇫🇯Fiji 2.286% 13,702
100 🇳🇵Nepal 2.285% 332,436
101 🇹🇭Thailand 2.273% 973,988
102 🇨🇴Colombia 2.262% 552,869
103 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.256% 120,996
104 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2.25% 1,578
105 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 2.248% 104,880
106 🇮🇳India 2.218% 14,455,556
107 🇹🇷Türkiye 2.198% 909,418
108 🇦🇱Albania 2.163% 60,018
109 🇧🇸Bahamas 2.147% 4,519
110 🇸🇻El Salvador 2.147% 91,385
111 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 2.132% 137,570
112 🇦🇫Afghanistan 2.129% 270,081
113 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 2.122% 61,898
114 🇱🇧Lebanon 2.102% 72,669
115 🇳🇷Nauru 2.083% 155
116 🇧🇿Belize 2.005% 2,730
117 🇲🇲Myanmar 1.99% 627,972
118 🇬🇺Guam 1.975% 2,048
119 🇦🇸American Samoa 1.963% 605
120 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 1.956% 62,054
121 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 1.95% 67,904
122 🇭🇹Haiti 1.942% 103,386
123 🇲🇱Mali 1.94% 134,533
124 🇮🇱Israel 1.921% 68,042
125 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 1.849% 294
126 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 1.812% 311,215
127 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 1.756% 248,633
128 🇹🇩Chad 1.751% 74,224
129 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1.714% 1,978
130 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 1.668% 397
131 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.659% 51,864
132 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 1.609% 177
133 🇦🇷Argentina 1.607% 429,222
134 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 1.581% 48,508
135 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 1.544% 209,153
136 🇮🇪Ireland 1.537% 50,035
137 🇬🇳Guinea 1.532% 72,490
138 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 1.53% 93,588
139 🇨🇱Chile 1.529% 167,683
140 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.52% 9,411
141 🇸🇲San Marino 1.504% 308
142 🇳🇨New Caledonia 1.45% 2,079
143 🇲🇰North Macedonia 1.439% 26,263
144 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 1.437% 152
145 🇲🇺Mauritius 1.397% 12,753
146 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 1.388% 239,142
147 🇸🇨Seychelles 1.355% 856
148 🇷🇪Réunion 1.353% 7,175
149 🇵🇹Portugal 1.353% 127,956
150 🇮🇲Isle of Man 1.343% 826
151 🇨🇳China 1.327% 12,512,019
152 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 1.32% 14,275
153 🇸🇬Singapore 1.31% 30,026
154 🇸🇭Saint Helena 1.254% 78
155 🇯🇲Jamaica 1.24% 25,481
156 🇲🇨Monaco 1.227% 322
157 🇪🇹Ethiopia 1.192% 401,750
158 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 1.183% 436,804
159 🇦🇺Australia 1.151% 163,378
160 🇨🇾Cyprus 1.147% 7,532
161 🇺🇸United States of America 1.102% 2,373,339
162 🇨🇦Canada 1.08% 256,156
163 🇬🇷Greece 1.061% 95,328
164 🇼🇸Samoa 1.059% 1,698
165 🇲🇪Montenegro 1.058% 6,048
166 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 1.041% 432
167 🇨🇫Central African Republic 1.014% 23,741
168 🇬🇾Guyana 1.007% 7,664
169 🇪🇸Spain 0.998% 364,470
170 🇸🇰Slovakia 0.993% 48,019
171 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 0.971% 38,789
172 🇯🇵Japan 0.954% 1,094,707
173 🇵🇱Poland 0.941% 325,311
174 🇸🇮Slovenia 0.916% 16,942
175 🇱🇹Lithuania 0.903% 30,958
176 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.872% 35,719
177 🇲🇹Malta 0.859% 2,790
178 🇪🇪Estonia 0.846% 12,243
179 🇷🇸Serbia 0.823% 62,628
180 🇷🇴Romania 0.799% 173,155
181 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 0.743% 2,298
182 🇱🇺Luxembourg 0.742% 2,657
183 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.734% 774
184 🇬🇪Georgia 0.723% 36,432
185 🇷🇺Russian Federation 0.706% 958,643
186 🇳🇱Netherlands 0.693% 95,989
187 🇮🇸Iceland 0.684% 1,517
188 🇧🇾Belarus 0.672% 64,714
189 🇨🇺Cuba 0.664% 64,242
190 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 0.641% 2,115
191 🇱🇻Latvia 0.625% 15,777
192 🇹🇰Tokelau 0.611% 10
193 🇺🇾Uruguay 0.592% 17,212
194 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.548% 33
195 🇬🇮Gibraltar 0.547% 155
196 🇧🇧Barbados 0.531% 1,326
197 🇨🇿Czechia 0.525% 53,268
198 🇩🇲Dominica 0.499% 360
199 🇫🇷France 0.49% 259,130
200 🇯🇪Jersey 0.474% 352
201 🇹🇴Tonga 0.457% 438
202 🇦🇼Aruba 0.444% 273
203 🇮🇹Italy 0.437% 243,080
204 🇭🇺Hungary 0.429% 45,620
205 🇭🇷Croatia 0.415% 19,175
206 🇳🇴Norway 0.396% 16,000
207 🇺🇦Ukraine 0.388% 191,308
208 🇫🇮Finland 0.341% 16,181
209 🇲🇶Martinique 0.337% 1,116
210 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 0.328% 210
211 🇩🇰Denmark 0.31% 15,779
212 🇧🇬Bulgaria 0.291% 25,969
213 🇦🇮Anguilla 0.23% 15
214 🇨🇼Curaçao 0.225% 351
215 🇸🇪Sweden 0.218% 18,039
216 🇳🇿New Zealand 0.192% 6,020
217 🇧🇪Belgium 0.159% 15,517
218 🇦🇹Austria 0.076% 5,730
219 🇧🇲Bermuda 0.06% 32
220 🇬🇱Greenland -0.004% -2
221 🇬🇧United Kingdom -0.023% -13,032
222 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) -0.044% -1
223 🇨🇭Switzerland -0.088% -5,505
224 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR -0.113% -278
225 🇲🇸Montserrat -0.113% -13
226 🇬🇬Guernsey -0.169% -90
227 🇩🇪Germany -0.17% -133,234
228 🇻🇦Holy See -0.271% -2
229 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.287% -125
230 🇨🇰Cook Islands -0.369% -66
231 🇬🇩Grenada -0.514% -495
232 🇵🇼Palau -0.586% -73
233 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea -0.676% -1,834
234 🇰🇮Kiribati -0.74% -443
235 🇸🇷Suriname -0.952% -3,673
236 🇰🇭Cambodia -1.788% -107,971
237 🇳🇺Niue -2.07% -81

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1977

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.734% 12,074,392
2 Latin America and the Caribbean 2.335% 7,900,005
3 Asia 1.887% 46,989,949
4 Oceania 1.223% 270,148
5 Northern America 1.099% 2,629,559
6 Europe 0.502% 3,429,622

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1977

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Central America 2.889% 2,416,835
2 Northern Africa 2.873% 2,852,909
3 Western Africa 2.841% 3,638,017
4 Western Asia 2.802% 3,008,729
5 Southern Africa 2.795% 859,982
6 Eastern Africa 2.602% 3,503,558
7 Middle Africa 2.494% 1,219,926
8 South-Eastern Asia 2.355% 7,789,173
9 Southern Asia 2.339% 20,563,569
10 Central Asia 2.326% 886,671
11 South America 2.247% 5,079,445
12 Melanesia 2.217% 88,231
13 Polynesia 1.678% 7,999
14 Micronesia 1.515% 4,520
15 Caribbean 1.413% 403,725
16 Eastern Asia 1.299% 14,741,807
17 Australia/New Zealand 0.977% 169,398
18 Southern Europe 0.809% 1,098,806
19 Eastern Europe 0.665% 1,924,796
20 Northern Europe 0.184% 165,017
21 Western Europe 0.143% 241,003

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 1977

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 No income group available 2.956% 417,238
2 Low-income countries 2.435% 5,321,745
3 Lower-middle-income countries 2.376% 35,100,206
4 Middle-income countries 1.957% 59,745,886
5 Upper-middle-income countries 1.564% 24,645,680
6 High-income countries 0.84% 7,808,806

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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